Rank the Studio Importance (with 'evidence'!)

[phloyd]

I thought it would be fun to set aside who is exlusive to whom and rank the studios in order of importance. Ignore Paramount and Warner since they are more or less equallty supporting both. So just mention studios that are exclusive or no shows currently

Also please cite why using titles or or criteria. As an aside I don't think any studio has released any key titles yet.

This is my read on it:

1) Disney - Format buster

I think it could come down to Disney's choices deciding this thing. If they go to both formats, we could have both formats for quite some time. I think Disney is key because of Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Incredibles, Cars), the Pirates of the Carribean franchise and Disney classic animation - all of which are 'must have' for many people.

2) Universal - Key player

Universal has a strong catalogue of movies but I think many could live without these titles but only just They could be the first to release a 'must have' title with King Kong. Other highlights include Jurassic Park series, Back to the Future series, Speilberg movies like Jaws and ET, Ron Howard films and a huge back catalogue. And Mallrats!

3) Dreamworks - Strong player

While small, Dreamworks has a number of very important titles. These are the Shrek franchise and Steven Speilberg films.

4) Fox - Strong player

While the Star Wars franchise might make Fox rank closer to the top of the list, I think that this is so far off for HD that it loses its importance. However Fox does have other strong titles including Alien franchise and the XMen franchise.

5) MGM - Strong player

MGM is also a strong player mainly due to a great depth of movies but mainly due to the James Bond franchise.

6) Columbia Tristar / Sony pictures - player

I dunno - aside from the Spiderman franchise I am not sure what Sony has to offer that is key. I really like Luc Besson movies and Sony owns most of those but really I can't say that they are key for the masses, so Spiderman is all I can think of

7) New Line Cinema - player

I rank New Line last mostly since most people beleive that they support both sides and that the only thing most people care about from them is Lord of the Rings. New Line obviously have other titles like Rush Hour, Austin Powers, Harold and Kumar and the Final Destination movies, but really nothing that even comes close to the Rings movies.

8th equal) Paramount and Warner

Maybe great movies with both of these studios but I expect that going into 2007 we will not see any advantage to either format. Matrix's and Indys and Supermans and Batmans on both formats

Feel free to add new players and rank them in importance to you... though please keep the 'politics' out of it and give reasons for your beliefs.

There are no wrong answers - opinions only

[Applefiend]

No Warner sir? I demand a duel!

Warner give up the love to HD DVD and Blu Ray. They're the all round good guys, and their back catalogue is excellent.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/

They got Superman and Batman, just need Spiderman for the complete set.

[BTBuck1]

Originally Posted by phloyd

2) Universal - Key player

Universal has a strong catalogue of movies but I think many could live without these titles but only just They could be the first to release a 'must have' title with King Kong. Other highlights include Jurassic Park series, Back to the Future series, Indianna Jones series, Ron Howard films and a huge back catalogue. And Mallrats!

Isn't Indy 20th century Fox, like starwars?

3) Dreamworks - Strong player

While small, Dreamworks has a number of very important titles. These are the Shrek franchise and Steven Speilberg films.

They got a few hits on their hands, but who doesn't?

4) Fox - Strong player

While the Star Wars franchise might make Fox rank closer to the top of the list, I think that this is so far off for HD that it loses its importance. However Fox does have other strong titles including Alien franchise and the XMen franchise.

Irobot, FightCLub,XMEN,Starwars,Behind Enemy Lines to name a few i'd love to see!

5) MGM - Strong player

MGM is also a strong player mainly due to a great depth of movies but mainly due to the James Bond franchise.

probably the smallest number of movies in my DVD collection come from MGM.

6) Columbia Tristar / Sony pictures - player

I dunno - aside from the Spiderman franchise I am not sure what Sony has to offer that is key. I really like Luc Besson movies and Sony owns most of those but really I can't say that they are key for the masses, so Spiderman is all I can think of

Spiderman alone (killer app) but aside from that, they have some great kiddie flicks...seem aimed at young males 18-35

7) New Line Cinema - player

I rank New Line last mostly since most people beleive that they support both sides and that the only thing most people care about from them is Lord of the Rings. New Line obviously have other titles like Harold and Kumar and the Final Destination movies, but really nothing that even comes close to the Rings movies.

^probably the most under-rated of the bunch. A huge chunk of my collection is Newline. Rush hour 1&2, the LotR's, Friday 1-2-3, Blade, Nightmare on Elm st's, The Mask, austin powers, etc..

[4K display]

1) Fox
Go Blu, go big
2) Sony
As soon as they pull their head out, step it up and go big
3) Disney
Go Blu, go big, or go home
4) Warner
Coulda been higher, but their bias still shines
5) Paramount
Step it up
6) Lionsgate
Not afraid to put out their hits, step it up
7) MGM
Step it up
8) New Line
Wait it out, the cable broadcaster approach, Pffff...
9) Dreamworks
See above...Pffff
10) Universal
Roody poo candyass, you take those combo flippers, shine em up real nice and...
11) Weinstein
Who?

[phloyd]

Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

Isn't Indy 20th century Fox, like starwars?

I am gonna have to side with no, but you are correct that I am wrong - they are Paramount. Universal has other Speilbergs like Jaws ET and Jurassic Park so I mistakenly gave them Indy also.

Irobot, FightCLub

Yep for sure! Though I have these on DTheater so I am in no hurry for those in particular

^probably the most under-rated of the bunch. A huge chunk of my collection is Newline. Rush hour 1&2, the LotR's, Friday 1-2-3, Blade, Nightmare on Elm st's, The Mask, austin powers, etc..

New Line does have some interesting stuff for sure - I expect they will do both formats though being associated with Warner.

I will update my list to correct my omissions and errors

[phloyd]

Sorry for that assumption - since you said you were going Bluray and that is the only player commonly used I incorrectly assumed that you got one.